diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c5da7760c..952e3f44d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ script:
   - $HOME/gopath/bin/git-validation -run DCO,short-subject -v -range ${TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE}
   - make
   - make test
-  
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e72e26d98..ae560b1a6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PREFIX ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr
+
 BINDIR ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin
 
 BUILDTAGS=
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ localvalidation:
 
 .PHONY: test .gofmt .govet .golint
 
-test: .gofmt .govet .golint
+test: .gofmt .govet .golint .gotest
 
 .gofmt:
 	OUT=$$(go fmt ./...); if test -n "$${OUT}"; then echo "$${OUT}" && exit 1; fi
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ test: .gofmt .govet .golint
 .golint:
 	golint -set_exit_status ./...
 
+UTDIRS = ./validate/...
+.gotest:
+	go test $(UTDIRS)
diff --git a/validate/validate_test.go b/validate/validate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dd379ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/validate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package validate
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	rspec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+)
+
+func checkErrors(t *testing.T, title string, msgs []string, valid bool) {
+	if valid && len(msgs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: expected not to get error, but get %d errors:\n%s", title, len(msgs), strings.Join(msgs, "\n"))
+	} else if !valid && len(msgs) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: expected to get error, but actually not", title)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCheckRootfsPath(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpBundle, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "oci-check-rootfspath")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create a TempDir in 'CheckRootfsPath'")
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpBundle)
+
+	rootfsDir := "rootfs"
+	rootfsNonDir := "rootfsfile"
+	rootfsNonExists := "rootfsnil"
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(tmpBundle, rootfsDir), 0700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create a rootfs directory in 'CheckRootfsPath'")
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(tmpBundle, rootfsNonDir)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create a non-directory rootfs in 'CheckRootfsPath'")
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		val      string
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{rootfsDir, true},
+		{rootfsNonDir, false},
+		{rootfsNonExists, false},
+		{filepath.Join(tmpBundle, rootfsDir), true},
+		{filepath.Join(tmpBundle, rootfsNonDir), false},
+		{filepath.Join(tmpBundle, rootfsNonExists), false},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		v := NewValidator(&rspec.Spec{Root: rspec.Root{Path: c.val}}, tmpBundle, false)
+		checkErrors(t, "CheckRootfsPath "+c.val, v.CheckRootfsPath(), c.expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCheckSemVer(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		val      string
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{rspec.Version, true},
+		//FIXME: validate currently only handles rpsec.Version
+		{"0.0.1", false},
+		{"invalid", false},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		v := NewValidator(&rspec.Spec{Version: c.val}, "", false)
+		checkErrors(t, "CheckSemVer "+c.val, v.CheckSemVer(), c.expected)
+	}
+}